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Full Idea
Moderate nominalism attempts to embrace the existence of properties while avoiding universals.
Gist of Idea
Moderate nominalism attempts to embrace the existence of properties while avoiding universals
Source
J.P. Moreland (Universals [2001], Ch.2)
Book Ref
Moreland,J.P.: 'Universals' [Acumen 2001], p.49
A Reaction
Clearly there is going to be quite a struggle to make sense of 'exists' here (Russell tries 'subsists). Presumably each property must be a particular?